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A boater is a semi-formal summer hat for men, which was popularised in the late 19th century and early 20th century.
Straw boater
Athlete and manager Connie Mack sporting a boater in 1911
A sea of boaters in New York's Times Square, July 1921
Straw hat
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A straw hat is a wide-brimmed hat that is woven out of straw or straw-like synthetic materials. Straw hats are a type of sun hat designed to shade the head and face from direct sunlight, but are also
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…straw and has a stiff flat crown and brim, typically with a solid or striped grosgrain ribbon around the crown. Boaters were derived from the canotier straw hat worn traditionally by gondoliers in the city of Venice. The Venetian canotier has a ribbon that hangs freely off the back, and they are frequently edged…
Charley Chase wearing an American straw hat (specifically a boater), 1926.
A traditional Ukrainian straw hat.
An ad for various styles of straw hats
A straw cone hat worn by a Japanese buddhist monk